uncouth

un·couth

U0043500 (ŭn-ko͞oth′)adj.1. Crude; unrefined.2. Awkward or clumsy; ungraceful.3. Archaic Foreign; unfamiliar.

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[Middle English, unknown, strange, from Old English uncūth : un-, not; see un-¹ + cūth, known; see gnō- in Indo-European roots.]

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un·couth′ly adv.un·couth′ness n.

uncouth

(ʌnˈkuːθ) adjlacking in good manners, refinement, or grace[Old English uncūth, from un-¹ + cūth familiar; related to Old High German kund known, Old Norse kunnr] unˈcouthly adv unˈcouthness n

un•couth

(ʌnˈkuθ)

adj. 1. lacking manners or grace; clumsy; oafish. 2. rude, uncivil, or boorish: uncouth language. 3. strange and ungraceful in appearance or form. [before 900; Middle English: unfamiliar, unknown; Old English uncūth=un- un-¹ + cūth known, c. Old High German chund, Old Norse kunnr; orig. past participle of can¹] un•couth′ly, adv. un•couth′ness, n.

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

uncouth - lacking refinement or cultivation or taste; "he had coarse manners but a first-rate mind"; "behavior that branded him as common"; "an untutored and uncouth human being"; "an uncouth soldier--a real tough guy"; "appealing to the vulgar taste for violence"; "the vulgar display of the newly rich"rough-cut, vulgar, coarse, commonunrefined - (used of persons and their behavior) not refined; uncouth; "how can a refined girl be drawn to such an unrefined man?"

uncouth

adjective coarse, rough, gross, awkward, crude, rude, clumsy, vulgar, rustic, barbaric, unseemly, ungainly, boorish, gawky, unrefined, loutish, graceless, uncultivated, uncivilized, clownish, oafish, ill-mannered, lubberly that oafish, uncouth person
elegant, refined, cultivated, graceful, civilized, courteous, seemly, well-mannered

uncouth

adjectiveLacking in delicacy or refinement:barbarian, barbaric, boorish, churlish, coarse, crass, crude, gross, ill-bred, indelicate, philistine, rough, rude, tasteless, uncivilized, uncultivated, uncultured, unpolished, unrefined, vulgar.

Translations

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